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E. T. STOVER.

PAGE PROTECTOR.

No. 331,340, Patented Dec. 1, 1885.

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" UNITED STATES ATENT OFFICE.

EVAN T. STOVER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR 'IO JOSEPH STOVER AND GEORGE W. ROBERTS, BOTH OF SAME PLACE.

FACE-PROTECTOR.

$PECIFICATIQN forming part of Letters Patent No. 331,3-10, dated December 1, 1883.

Application filed January 12, 1885. Serial No. 152,692. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EVAN T. STovER, re-

siding at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, and a citizen of the United States, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Face-Protectors, of which'the following is a full description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is aperspective of the metal frame. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the frame; Fig. 3, an end view of the frame, looking at the bottom of Fig. 2, the position of the nose when the protector is in use being indicated by dotted lines. Fig. 4 is an inside View of the completed protector. Fig. 5 is a section at linex of Fig. 4, showing also in dotted lines the po-. sition of a face behind the protector.

My invention relates to that class of pro tectors designed for use in cold weather; and its objects are to provide a light metal frame to support the protecting material, and to pro vide full protection for the face and leave a suitable breathing passage, which I accomplish as illustrated in the drawings, in which- A represents a light metal frame, which, as shown, is made of two pieces of wire, one of which forms the main part of the entire frame.

bis a cross-bar made of a separate piece. The bars I; c d are curved to correspond with the curve of the face. The part 6 extends down in front of the chin, and the part f extends down from the bar (1 some distance in front of e, leaving a passage between 6 and f, through which air can pass to and from the mouth and nose.

A convenient way to make the frame is to commence at the point 13, the wire then at that point being straight, then forming first the part 0, then passing up on one side of the frame, then across to the opposite side, forming the upper bar, 0, then down to the point i, then half-way across the front to the point j, there bending the wire back upon itself, then forming the part f and locking the wire upon itself at j, then completing the crossbar d, making the hook at k, and bending over the end of the wire at i in the form of ahook.

B, Fig. 4, represents the face protector proper, which may consist of an outside piece of fine rubber cloth with an inside lining, g, of

flannel, the two being secured by stitching to the metal frame, but not to the part f.

h is a covering for the mouth, which extends down in front of the chin. It is secured to the crossbar b and passes down over the part f, which supports it and holds it away from the face, so that there will always be an open passage for breathing. (Indicated by arrows in Fig. 5.)

For the protection of the ears I provide extensions Z, which may have openings in them covered with hair-cloth or wire-cloth m.

n is a piece of fine wire-cloth secured to the frame so as to come over the eyes when in use.

This wire-cloth will protect the eyes from snow and dust without materially obstructing the vision. The flap h, I make of rubber cloth and line it with the same material, instead of with flannel, to prevent the accumulation of moisture. The space between the bars b and d is covered with the flannel, but need not be covered with the outside cloth, because the upper end of the flap h covers this portion of the frame and lining.

The protector can be readily folded into a small compass no greater than the size of the frame, and then can be easily carried.

I thus provide complete protection for the entire face and the ears against cold, and also make ample provision for allowing air to pass to and from the lungs without exposing any part of the face.

In Fig. 3 I have indicated in dotted lines the position which the nose will occupywhen the protector is in place. If desired, the space outside of the nose and between the part 01 and the parts 6 may be closed by a piece of cloth, to prevent the breath from passing up by the side of the nose.

The protecting material B is to be large enough to cover the entire face, and much larger than the metal frame. In preparing B an opening is to be out for the eyes, and another part is also to be cut out for the mouth, aportion of the chin, and lower part of the nose,

and this piece is to be so cutout that theedges from which it is taken can be sewed to the bar (I and to the parts 6 e. The protecting material is then to be sewed to the vertical part a of the frame, also to the cross-bars c b d, also to the parts 6 e. sewed in place.

' The dotted line 1" in Fig. 4 indicates the position of the lower part of the flap h. The same letter, 1, is placed upon thelower edge of the flap in Fig. 5.

The protector can be secured to the head by means of straps.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a face-protector, a metal frame consisting of the vertical bars a, the bars b c d, curved to correspond to the contour of the face, a downward extension, 6, to embrace the chin, and an extension, f, projecting down- The flap his then to be wardly in front of and at a little distance from the extension 0, substantially as described.

2. In a face-protector, a metal frame having an extension, 6, for embracing the chin, and an extension, f, projecting downwardly in front of and at a little distance from the extension e, in combination with protecting material secured to the frame, and a flap, h, secured at its upper end to the frame and extending over the extension f, substantially as and for the purpose described.

EVAN T. STOVER.

Witnesses: E. A. WEST, H. T. J ONES. 

